function showNotification(componentId, messagecount){

	timeout = 5000 + (messagecount * 500);

	$('div#' + componentId).fadeTo('normal', 1.0);

	setTimeout("$('div#" + componentId + "').fadeTo('normal', 0.6)", timeout);

	//alert("blaaaaaah");
	
	timeout += 2000; 

	setTimeout("$('div#" + componentId + "').fadeOut('normal')", timeout);
}
